Fate's Whim

When Hermione Granger is the first person Harry meets on his way to Hogwarts, he is introduced to a different take of the Wizarding world and everything therein. He stumbles upon, among other things, a darker side to Ravenclaw House, close friendships with intelligent sorts, and a millenia-old curse. First few chapters take place in Harry's first year, then continue telling the tale during his sixth year.

One September day, heading to the Hogwarts Express, a lonely boy named Harry Potter meets a girl who calls herself Hermione Granger. Harry befriends her, and thus begins an alternate journey, wherein Harry makes friends of the most unlikely sorts, proves his worth in the most surprising of ways, and ultimately learns his own House, Ravenclaw, is so, so much more than it appears to outsiders.

Harry has made himself at home in the Ravenclaw Quarters, and found friendship in Hermione, Padma, Orlando, and Terry. The story continues, and Harry struggles with his memories of his past five years at Hogwarts.